Food We Eat
Category : 2nd Class
Food We Eat
All living beings need food. Food gives energy to do various works.
We take different food items in our meal. For example, vegetables, fruits, meat, pulses, egg, milk, cereals, etc.
Apple Mango Chapati
Potato tomato Cucumber
Green beans Carrot Onion
Milk Salad Egg
Sources of Food
All these food items you have seen above comes from two major sources:
(i) Plants
(ii) Animals
Both plants and animals are useful to us as they provide many of our food items. A table given below shows some food items obtained from plants and animals.
Food item obtained from plants |
Food item obtained from animals |
Vegetables |
Milk |
Fruits |
Meat |
Cereals |
Egg |
Pulses |
Honey |
Oils |
|
Spices |
|
Food Items From Animals
You already know that animals provide us different food items such as milk, egg, meat, honey, etc. Some animals such as lac insects, silk worms, etc., provide us other useful products. We can, therefore, categorise animals on the basis of the food items they provide us.
Food Items From Plants
Plants are the main sources of food for most of the animals. We obtain variety of food items from different plants, which are listed as follows:
Importance of Food
Food is needed by all living organisms for four main purposes:
(i) It helps human beings, animals as well as plants to grow.
(ii) It provides energy. We need energy for our all body movements such as running, walking and speaking, etc.
(iii) It is required by living organisms for replacement and repair of damaged parts.
(iv) It protects us from diseases and infections.
Classification of Food Items According to Their Use
Some important points
Good food habits
Some of the food habits that we should take care of are as follows:
(i) We should wash our hands with soap before and after eating food.
(ii) We should take only that amount of food which we can eat.
(iii) We should cook the food properly.
(iv) We should not talk while eating food.
(v) After eating, we should rinse our mouth.
(vi) We should eat clean and fresh food.
(vii) Avoid eating uncovered or stale food.
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